Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

February 1996 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in February 1996

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1996A believer refuses to fight in any war, even one fought to stop a massacre. Which type of pacifism does this best illustrate?
  2. 2nd February 1996State one activity the Corrymeela Community runs to bring divided communities together.
  3. 3rd February 1996Give one disadvantage often associated with short prison sentences.
  4. 4th February 1996Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
  5. 5th February 1996Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
  6. 6th February 1996Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
  7. 7th February 1996Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  8. 8th February 1996What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?
  9. 9th February 1996A group of 45 pilgrims share the 900 pound cost of hiring a coach to a shrine. Calculate the cost per person.
  10. 10th February 1996According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  11. 11th February 1996Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
  12. 12th February 1996Define the term Nabi.
  13. 13th February 1996According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
  14. 14th February 1996According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
  15. 15th February 1996Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
  16. 16th February 1996State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
  17. 17th February 1996A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
  18. 18th February 1996Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
  19. 19th February 1996Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
  20. 20th February 1996Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
  21. 21st February 1996What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
  22. 22nd February 1996Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
  23. 23rd February 1996What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
  24. 24th February 1996State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
  25. 25th February 1996According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
  26. 26th February 1996According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
  27. 27th February 1996In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
  28. 28th February 1996Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
  29. 29th February 1996Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.